On Thursday rumors that Zendaya had made a major luxury brand move were confirmed, with Louis Vuitton announcing her as its newest house ambassador.
Master photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott captured Zendaya as the face of its Capucines bag, shot in color-saturated, cinematic images of blue sky and a quiet Mediterranean backdrop at the restored 1929 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin house, designed by Irsh architect Eileen Gray./ Hair by Raoul Alejandre; makeup by Antoinette Hill
The Golden Globe–winning actor’s career is in fifth gear, with two highly-anticipated films this year. ‘Challengers’, a Luca Guadagnino–directed tennis drama [‘Call Me by Your Name’] will release in August on August 11, 2023. Zendaya stars with ‘The Crown’s’ Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist ‘West Side Story’ in a tennis tournament in which her husband faces off against her former lover.
Rising [star] model Cherokee Jack appears in Polo Ralph Lauren ads, lensed by Sharif Hamza [IG]. The country clothes include denim, workshirts and timeless outerwear — “made to be worn and made to last.”
Some or all of the collection are produced in partnership with The New Denim Project an innovative textile group based in Guatemala.
Finely crafted from upcycled materials, this denim collection is designed to reduce the use of virgin cotton by incorporating cloth scraps into new yarns and fabrics.
Lila Moss covers the April 2023 issue of Vanity Fair Italia, styled by Anna Dello Russo in sensual, body-baring innerwear accented with luxury jewels. How Italian!
Moss the Younger talks to her decision [because nobody asked her to cover it] to expose her blood sugar patch in her runway debut. Lila has been very open within the fashion industry about her type-one diabetes.
Photographers Luigi Murenu & Iango Henzi [IG] are in the studio for Vanity Fair Italia April 2023.
Lorette Colé Duprat is an eponymous Paris based jewellery and accessory brand, dropping this L C D Gold SS-2023 capsule. Models include Cassady Clover, Joseph Adeosun and more, styled by Ai Kamoshita for images by Charlotte Wales [IG]./ Hair by Shiori Takahashil makeup by Porsche Poon
Emily Ratajkowski expands the Marc Jacobs Monogram Spring 2023 campaign, photographed by Harley Weir [IG].
Sexy woman that she is, Ratajowski looks equally great in the oversized trousers and jackets. While AOC won’t drill down here on her recent profile in the Los Angeles Times, EmRata is beyond fierce. And direct in her opinions — not only about her own past actions and relationships — but about women and feminism.
Rising model Noor Elliott is styled by Natalie Westernoff in ‘From Sunrise to Sunset’, lensed by Rory Payne [IG] for Vogue Arabia April 2023./ Makeup and hair by Nicola Brittin
Models Akito Mizutani and Thomas Le Maigre are styled by Chiara Ficols in ‘Crossing Paths’, lensed by Fanny Latour-Lambert [IG] for biannual The Greatest Magazine [IG]./ Hair by Tomoko Ohama; makeup by Kamila Vay
Australian model, businesswoman, mom to Flynn, Hart and Myles and wife to Evan Spiegel, Miranda Kerr digital-covered the February 2023 issue of Numéro Netherlands. Oretta Corbelli styled Kerr in bold textures and patterns in linear silhouettes from Balmain, Dolce & Gabbana, Maison Valentino and more lensed by Veronica Sams [IG]./ Hair by Ericka Verett
In a new Spring 2023 campaign, Gucci celebrates the enduring style of its iconic Bamboo 1947 handbag. Supermodel Liu Wen is centerstage in images and video lensed by David Sims, with creative direction from Ezra Petronio & Lana Petrusevych./ Hair by Paul Hanlon; makeup by Thomas De Kluyver
The Gucci Bamboo 1947 handbag, originally known by its product number 0633, has a rich history that dates back to post-war Italy. In 1947, Europe was still recovering from the aftermath of World War II, and resources were scarce. Leather, a primary material used in fashion at the time, was in short supply, forcing designers to find alternative materials for their creations.
Model and actor Tao Okamoto poses in ‘Glamour Gets Crafty’, a spring wardrobe rich in artistry styled by Reina Ogawa Clarke. Photographer Tess Ayano [IG] captures Okamoto in Japan’s historic village of Yunotsu for WSJ Magazine.
Models Ana Flávia, Ana Patrocino, Carmen Mina, Gaia, Juliana Ribeiro, Rosario S, and Shirley Pitta star in ‘Bossa Nossa”, styled by Daniel Ueda. Photographer Pedro Napolinario [IG] is in the studio for Vogue Brasil March 2023. Rita Lazzarotti provides fashion direction./ Hair and makeup by Helder Rodrigues
It absolutely inspiring to see straw and raffia materials combined with other ‘natural’ materials that reflect the country’s diversity. The images are strong and engaging.
Deeply immersed in the pending US Supreme Court stay issued against the dreadful anti-science decision by US FederalTexas District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk against Mifepristone, AOC completely missed the news that Choupette Lagerfeld has accepted an invite to The Met Gala honoring her famously controversial daddy.
Glamour Magazineposted the news last week. Is Choupette traveling on her own jet, or will she preferably take the heat in an airplane at least carrying a crowd of fashion folks?
Will Kim Kardashian Fly Choupette to The Met Gala?
Back to Choupette . . . she could be flying Air Chanel, which would make sense. Or now that Kim Kardashian is coming to the Met Gala, it’s a fact that Choupette would look great in KK’s new plane.
And if anybody can take the heat for flying a private jet to Europe to pick up Karl Lagerfeld’s famous cat Choupette, it’s Kim Kardashian.
After all, Karl Lagerfeld shot Kim Kardashian [West then] in 2013, seven months pregnant with North. He was the first major fashion photographer to shoot her.
The Dior Gardening Capsule from the Spring-Summer 2023 collection by Maria Grazia Chiuri has an abundance of flowers and fauna — such style abundance that we’ve split the photoshoot into two sections.
Punctuated with the dreamy Dior Petites Fleurs and Dior Birds prints created by Tassinari & Chatel by Lelièvre Paris, the capsule bridges elegance with functionality for a group of sweet young fashionistas gone a little bit wild.
Elin Svahn styled the large fashion shoot with models including Carla Pereira, Freja Rothmann-Pallesen, Kiki Wei, Lineisy Montero [major], Lulu Tenney [major], Mary Alexandridi, Raynara Negrine, Tina Diedhiou and more, lensed by Ellen Von Unwerth [IG]. / Hair by Guido Palau; makeup by Peter Palau; set design by Alexander Bock
Renowned glassmaker Aristide Najean has collaborated with LVMH-owned Guerlain to honor the 170th anniversary of the luxury brand’s Bee Bottle. Najean created a fantastical Murano glass limited-edition flacon housing Guerlain's Le Bouquet de la Mariée fragrance.
Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain created the first bee bottle to celebrate Empress Eugénie's marriage to Emperor Napoleon III on that date.
Napolean I — often called Napolean the Great as the military and political leader known to global historians — had personally chosen bees as a symbol of the French Empire because of their ancestral ties to resurrection, power, tenacity, and hard-work.
Guerlain’s 170th Anniversary Exhibit
Guerlain Director of Art, Culture and Heritage Ann-Caroline Prazan invites us to rediscover Guerlain’s iconic Bee Bottle, which celebrates its 170th anniversary in 2023 with a stunning exhibition at Guerlain’s flagship boutique.
The House pays tribute to the iconic Bee Bottle by inviting eleven women artists to revisit the Flacon aux Abeilles in a 21st century artists update of Guerlain’s heritage.
We have a mega dose of top model Rianne Van Rompaey in April media.
In this fashion story, Rianne covers the new issue of Le Goût de M, wearing classic pieces from the avante-garde wing of fashion styled by Suzanne Koller. “Unconventional classics” is the stylist’s term.
The Dutch beauty with an intoxicating, old-world model personna that is equal parts sensual and intellectual is lensed by Robin Galiegue [IG]./ Hair by Ryan Mitchell; makeup by Marie Duhart
Model Lila Moss poses in a Paris cafe for Vogue Korea’s May 2023 issue. Eunyoung Sohn chooses slinky, edgy, modern designs from YSL by Anthony Vaccarello, lensed by Luigi & Iango [IG]./ Makeup by Lloyd Simmonds; hair by Steven Beaver
Model Tindi Mar is styled by Valentina Collado in ‘Fuerza Natural II’, an abundant riches fashion story lensed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for Vogue Mexico April 2023./ Hair by James Pecis; makeup by Sam Visser
Chinese model and actor Du Juan is styled by Jo Jo Qian in color-saturated, skyward-looking images by Liu Song for T Magazine China April 2023./ Hair by Bon Fan Zhang; makeup by Xin Miao
Model Lamich Kirabo is styled by Flavia Galantini in ‘Scelte Alternative’ [Alternative Choices’], an ivory and black fashion story featuring Ann Demeulemeester, Antonio Marras, Burberry, Celiine by Hedi Slimane, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Fabiana Filippi, Falconeri, Ferragamo, H&M Studio, Mango, Martino Midali, Max Mara, Prada, Valentino.
Photographer Andrea Gendini is behind the lens for iO Donna March 2023./ Hair by Erisson Musella; makeup by Martina D’andrea
King Charles III, awaiting his coronation as king of the United Kingdom on May 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey, was honored by TIME Magazine on their new TIME 100 Most Influential People 2023 list.
When the new annual list is released, the person chosen to write about the TIME 100 honoree, can be as interesting as the list itself.
The person introducing King Charles in the TIME 100 2023 issue is Edward Enninful, OBE, editor-in-chief of British Vogue and Vogue European editorial director. [OBE stands for Order of the British Empire.]
The high-achieving Enninful agrees that on the face of it, he grew up a young Black boy in Ladbroke Grove without understanding how intimately involved then Charles, Prince of Wales was with the Prince’s Trust. The charity had dramatic impact on the lives of Edward’s community, directed by the then Prince on many fronts.
Just as British Vogue’s EIC Edward Enninful seeks to humanize King Charles III in his commentary for the TIME 100, AOC was impacted by a story that broke last weekend by royal biographer Robert Jobson. As AOC drills deeply into the topic of mushrooms, mycelium, talking plants and future fabrics made of mushrooms and other natural materials, then Prince Charles pops up frequently in our research.
Mushrooms came to play a critical role in comforting King Charles in the final hours that would physically take his mother and Queen away from him.
Then Prince Charles returned to his estate at Birkhall for a walk in the woods, drawing emotional and psychological sustenance from the trees, the earth and the quiet sound of the River Muick. Charles made good use of himself, taking a wooden cane and a basket to forage for mushrooms along his walk.
